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- 5121: The Aztecs
- ... and political relationships. Rulers and the rising warrior elite increasingly controlled the resources of a vast landscape, enabling them to construct impressive residences, to distribute wealth within their hierarchy, and to consolidate and expand their personal power as well as that of their nations. A new aristocracy--the pipiltin--was created that also wrested political power at home from the old tribal communal organizations, the calpullis. During the 15th century a ...
- 5122: The Nuremberg Trials
- ... the Third Reich in the Nazi’s own words. Six million Jews, and others not liked by the Nazis were killed. Not one convicted Nazi denied that the mass killing had occurred. Each disclaimed only personal knowledge and responsibility. The negative things that happened at Nuremberg were the establishment of the I.M.T. has yet to lead to a permanent counterpart before which crimes against humanity can be tried. Twenty ...
- 5123: The Aztec Indians
- ... Aztec religion numerous gods controlled an Aztec’s daily life. Some of these gods include: Uitzilpochtli (the sun god), Coyolxauhqui (the moon goddess), Tlaloc (the rain god), and Quetzalcoatl (the inventor of the calendar and writing). Another part of the Aztec religion was human sacrifices. For their sacrifices the priest would lay the man or woman over a convex (rounded) stone, then he would take a sharp knife and cut the ...
- 5124: The Socratic Logos
- ... of love given by Diotima comes very close to a logos. Diotima defines love as "Wanting to possess the good forever,"(Symposium, 206a) which is difficult to dispute because the feeling of love is somewhat personal so it differs from person to person. Diotima attempts to account for different types of love by explaining the ladder of love, but she has the same problem Meno did when tried to list the ...
- 5125: The Oddysey
- ... of the prophecy and Poseidon punishing the Phaecians. The second and main setting is Ithaca. This was when Odysseus finally reached home. It is here he met Athena and learned of his son's own personal odyssey. A good deal of imagery was present in this chapter. One image that stood out was that Odysseus was finally called King Odysseus (288). This shows that Homer is trying to finally show that ...
- 5126: 19th Century Romanticism in Europe
- ... literature was also used as a form of rebellion or distaste for political institutions or social conditions during the 19th century. However, since most poets thrived on the emotional and irrational abstract that they were writing about, there was no specific category that this mode of thinking could fall into. This was a strength since the freedom to explore nature was infinite and without any restriction based on rules, law or ...
- 5127: The Causes of World War 1, and the Battles
- ... miss the mark and kill innocent civilians. Before the introduction of gas bombing, soldiers found it easier to overlook the fact that they were fighting on opposite sides of the field, because they had no personal motivation to fight. In 1916 there 139 British and French Divisions were fighting against 117 German Divisions. Two sides were facing each other across the "no man's land" of mud, shell holes and barbed ...
- 5128: The Suez Crisis of 1956: The War From Differing Viewpoints
- ... a reason for another Egyptian defeat at Jewish hands- again pointing to Nasser's mastermind of the situation. In general, most of the Israeli sources admitted that Nasser had turned the defeat into a victory, writing that despite the intervention of both the Israelis and the massive British and French power, Nasser remained in power and his prestige as leader of the Arab world grew. Evaluation In assessing the opinions and ...
- 5129: Who Was To Blame For The Cold War?
- ... policies of the tsars that preceded him, or worse, spreading communism across the world now that his “one-state” notion had been fulfilled. It also must be mentioned that Stalin is seen as wanting “unchalleged personal power and a rebuilt Russia strong enough to withstand ‘caplitalist encirclement.'”1 Admittedly, the first view of Stalin, as an imperialist leader, may be skewed. The Russians claim, and have always claimed, that Stalin's ...
- 5130: The Reign of Terror
- ... then it took for an average Parisian to subsist. The living quarters were octagonal rooms, sixteen feet in diameter. Pets were allowed to deal with the vermin, and prisoners were allowed furnishings, clothes, and other personal belongings. Even one of the most infamous criminals, the demented Marquis de Sade, made his home their, receiving his wife and other visitors on a regular basis. With only a few prisoners, the Bastille was ...
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